STRIDE: April 2024
Workforce By A/Prof Caroline Robinson After the inaugural Podiatry Workforce Summit, the Australian Podiatry Association (APodA) invited attendees and the wider podiatry community to participate in a survey. This survey presented an opportunity for podiatrists to share their opinions and suggestions on the issue of workforce shortages. The data has been collated in the updated […]
STRIDE: March 2024
WORKFORCE By APodA The Department of Health and Aged Care has embarked on a sweeping scope of practice review across the primary healthcare sector, Unleashing the Potential of our Health Workforce. This holds implications for podiatrists across Australia as it seeks to delineate the boundaries within which healthcare providers operate. 1. What is the review […]
STRIDE: December 2023
Read Full Article Paediatrics By Liz O’Malley Podiatrist Liz O’Malley discusses the role – and importance – of client centred care for younger clients; shining an evidence-based light on the difference podiatrists can make. The benefits of holistic, client-centred care for all of our podiatry clients are well established, and our youngest clients should not […]
STRIDE: November 2023
Read Full Article Clinical update By APodA STRIDE interviewed Dr Ryan Causby about the University of South Australia’s podiatry initiative in Kiribati, located in the Pacific Ocean across the International Date Line. With one hospital servicing a population of 100,000 people, and nearly one third of Kiribati’s population aged between 24 to 65 having diabetes, […]
STRIDE: October 2023
ACPD By Dr Mike Frecklington Head of Podiatry, Auckland University of Technology Dr Mike Frecklington, Head of Podiatry, Auckland University of Technology explains why he loves podiatry so much – and why it is one of the greatest roles in allied healthcare. Like many health care professions, podiatry faces challenges relating to workforce retention and […]
STRIDE: September 2023
Vascular By APodA Martin Fox works in an NHS commissioned, podiatry-led, community-based lower limb vascular service in Manchester, England. He comes from a general podiatry and high-risk lower limb career background. Martin spoke passionately to a packed auditorium at the 2023 Australian Podiatry Conference. The topic in question was peripheral arterial disease (PAD) – and […]
